Powder-box.



E. W. FREEMAN.

POWDER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED IAN-11,1918.

Patented Apr, 8,1919.

INVENTOR BY 2 @KTTORNEE EVERETT w. FREEMAN, 0 BROOKLYN, NEW Yo K.

POW ER-Box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 19.19.

Application filed. January 17, 1918. Serial No. 212,173;

To all whom it may obncema Be it known thatI, EVERETT W. FREEMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPowder-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in powder boxes.

The primary object of my invention is to produce a box for shoe powder and thelike which will be economical of manufacture, which will be provided with a sealed opening that may be readily and quickly punc' tured by any pointed instrument that may be available, such as a lead pencil, so as to permit the shaking through such opening of the powder content of the box, and which box will be provided with a polishing or rubbing element, such as a piece of felt or soft cloth, surrounding said openings so that the feeding of'the powder and the polishin may be accomplished simultaneously an furthermore any drippings of the powder from the contents of the box will be deposited upon the upper surface of the polishing or rubbing element, whereby'material will be economized.

In a more intense aspect, my invention contemplates the provision of a sealed but readily puncturable central aperture or perforation through a box cover, and the attachment to the box of a piece of felt or the like having an aperture registering with the said puncturable aperture. In the accompanying drawings, similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a view and perspective of the box embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the center of the box illustrated in Fig. 1. 4 Fig. 3 is a view and plan of the cover of the box shown in Fig. 1 in inverted position. Fig. 4 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section of a box em-v bodying my invention.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the box shown in Fig. 4 with the supplementary cover removed.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the box shown in Figs. 4: and 5 having the polishing or cleaning felt removed and; I

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puncturable sealed opening.

in which I of thematerial 7 is an enlarged detail showing my preferred means for producing a readily" Referring now to these drawings, 1 indicates a box suitable for/containing a shoe polishing powder or the like which as shown, 5 p u o v a 0 n IS PI'OVIClGlI with a cover 2 which 1s prov ded witha .central'aperture 3.; Attached to said cover is a cleaning. or'polishing element '4 Said box is cylindrical in "conformation.

which as shown is apiece offelt extending over the entlre top of the box and also over ,both thecover. and polishing element. I The interior -surf-ace of the cover 2 has pasted thereon in any suitable manner a thin paper disk 6 which'seals the opening in eyelet 5 effectively but permits the puncturing of such sealed opening with a lead pencil or other available sharp instrument.

As illustrated in Fig. 2 the box is partially filled with powder 7 and it is obvious that when the sealed opening through the eyelet "5 is punctured the. powder from the interior of the box may be shaken through said opening and any drippings will fall upon the cleaningelement i which surrounds said central opening.

flange 2 *of the box cover. Said polishmg element 4 is provided with an aperture In Figs. 4:, 5, 6 and 7 I have shown a modi- 5 I lied form of my invention in which the box 10 is provided witha 'cover ll'havin'g a flange 12 extending-within the box 10. 'Attached to the upper surface of the cover 11 is a cleaning element 13 of felt or'like lnaterial. The cover 111's providedwith ade- I pressed circular groove 14' surrounding a.

centrally locatedplug15 and the cleaning l element 13 is provided with an aperture 16 registering with plug 5. Obviously when it is desired to open the box, aperture, to

permit shaking therethrough' the powder contents of the box it will only be necessary I to force a sharp pencil or similar instrument downwardly through the opening 16 against 1 the plug whereupon owin'g to the weakening of the box cover by the groove 14 the plug will be'readily broken away, and powdermay be shakenthrough the boxaperture.

is provided with an outer; marginal flangelS fitting the exterior surface of thebox. In other respects the box Whichis prefe A supplementary cover 17 is also-preferably employed and asshown I said bodyportion,

ably formed of paper is similar to those heretofore used.

Having described my invention I claim:

1. A powder box having a readily puncturable sealed opening therein and a cleaning element attached over said opening and composed of a suitable fabric provided with an aperture registering with said opening in the box. 7 v

2. A powder box embodying a body portion; a cover engaging the inner walls of and having a centrallylocated puncturable sealed part therein; a cleaning element attached to the said cover having a. perforationregi-stering with puncturable sealed perforation therein.

'3 A. powder box embodying a body por- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the tion; a cover engaging the inner Walls of said body portion, and having a puncturable sealed part comprising a central plug having a groove depressed in the material of the box surrounding said plug; a cleaning element attached to the said cover having a per foration registering with puncturable sealed part therein.

Signed at borough of Manhattan, New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this day of December, State of New York, December, A. D. 1917.

EVERETT l/V. FREEMAN.

Witnesses:

Josnrn F. OBRIEN, FREDERICK B. AEBLY.

"Commissioner 0! Patents,

Washington, D G. 

